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Interesting. I' ve also been using SuSE + KDE since 9.1 (there was no OpenSUSE back then IIRC), having switched from Debian. But with every 10.x version I would get more and more problems. A multi-monitor system that was working great with the previous version would require hours of work to run properly with the latest. Laptops where everything ran smoothly would exhibit problems with newer versions. I continued hoping a newer version would magically solve my problems and give me the stability and functiona

I had great luck with the 10.x series - especially 10.3 stands out as one of my favorite versions ever, including multi-monitor support. On the other hand, I had a terrible time with the entire 11.x series until 11.4. OpenSUSE, like everyone else, started using KDE4 before they should have.

12.1 is my current production OS for my work laptop - nearly flawless but for this one pesky bug [kde.org] that I reported (and developed a workaround for) long ago. Multi-monitor works very well for me with the workaround, but I

I've been with openSUSE since the 8.x days and I've had multi-monitor the entire time. As I recall, 10.3 was good, as was 11.1 and 11.4. 12.3 has been excellent so far, especially since it is really more of a service pack for 12.2.

I had some issues with 12.2, so couldn't wait to upgrade to 12.3. But you are right, 12.x has been good for the most part. Another solid release was 11.3, because KDE 4 was then starting to mature. 11.0 was horrible, KDE4 was not ready for the spotlight and was very buggy.

My upgrade went fine except for the usual video driver nonsense. I think I have yet to have an upgrade where X doesn't crash on first boot due to the nVidia driver.
After manually reinstalling the nVidia driver, replacing my/etc/X

Then boot from that. (Be sure to edit the IP adresses to yours).If you add the following to the kernel line, you can even do the install via ssh. Be aware that it will take a time till your ssh is accesible:textmode=1 usessh=1 sshpassword="semi-secret"

Next start with ssh -X -o "UserKnownHostsFile/dev/null" root@[Server to install] and launch yast.After the reboot, login again and launch/usr/lib/YaST2/startup/YaST2.ssh for the second stage.

i've moved to opensuse on the laptop. lately i upgrade every two releases, just to keep fiddling with working system to minimum, while still running a relatively recent release. as i'm currently at 12.1... next week it's upgrade time;)

I'm looking forward to 12.3 as well. However, like all updates, I'll probably wait a month or so before actually doing it in case of any residual bugs. Then again, I tend to do do that with any OS, whether it be some flavour of Linux, Windows, or OS X.

Take a look at all repos you havezypper lrand remove all third party/OBS repos you no longer needszypper rr Change all remaining repo URLs to the new version of the distribution (needs to be run as root)sed -i 's/12.2/12.3/g'/etc/zypp/repos.d/*If you are upgrading from 12.1 or older, add non-oss-update repozypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/update/12.3-non-oss/ [opensuse.org] repo-update-non-ossRefresh new repositories (you might be asked to accept new gpg key)zypper refIf you haven't removed third party/OBS repositories you may encounter some errors as these repositories may not exist yet or they may have different unguessable URL. It is always recommended to remove them and add their newer version after upgrade.Now execute the full distribution upgrade. It is strongly recommended that you run this inside GNU screen or tmux to protect the upgrade process in case anything should go wrong with the X session during the upgrade. Packages for both screen and tmux are available in the main openSUSE repositories. tmux is probably a safer bet, because for example if upgrading from 12.1 to 12.2, you would go from a version of GNU screen which uses FIFO pipes to a version which uses UNIX sockets, and GNU screen has a bug which breaks compatibility between these two approaches, which means that you cannot resume a screen session created in 12.1 using the version of screen from 12.2.zypper dupWith the above command zypper will download all required packages and install them in heaps. To download all packages in advance, use:zypper dup --download "in-advance"

You are more than welcome to use the "Windowesk" approach to upgrading, where you buy upgrade media, pop it in and let the GUI ask you couple of question before upgrading your system. Unlike windows the process requires just one restart at the end. Don't let this stress you out. The process described by the GP will do network upgrade on the installed system even if you are skipping a generation. I don't see how copy-pasting five lines and going to see a movie while the system upgrades is more complicated th

It's actually quite easy. The poster is just making the assumption the user is using third party repositories etc, which really isn't all that necessary save for packman.

My version would sound like1. open Yast, go "software", "software repositories"2. disable any thirdparty repos you might have. If you don't know what that is, you don't need to.3.change all occurrences of 12.2 to 12.3 in all listed urls. Use the edit button to achieve this.4. When done, click on the OK button and proceed, then close Yast.5.

openSUSE is not "a KDE distro". Both Gnome and KDE are on equal terms these days.

- Posted from a freshly installed 12.3 Gnome desktop. Installed from the DVD, which requires a choice between the two but in fact defaults to the Gnome desktop. Only default because G comes before K and the list is alphabetical.